Spilyay Tymoo
PAGE 2 May 29.1981
Warm Springs sells future Indian power to PP&L
A history-making event for
e x is tin g W arm S p rin g s
substation.
The power purchased by
Pacific Power is another in a
series of agreements being
n e g o tia te d betw een the
com pany and small-scale
p o w e r p r o d u c e r s u sin g
renewable resources such as
water and wind power.
the Warm Springs Confeder
ated Tribes took place at Kah-
Nee-Ta May 19 when a power
sales contract was signed with
P acific Pow er & Light
Company. The Confederated
Tribes and the power company
agreed on a long-term power
sales contract in which power
from the new hydroelectric
project at the reregulating dam
on the Deschutes will flow into
the Pacific Power system.
The contract was signed by
se n io r v ice-p resid en t for
Pacific Pow er & Light
Company Bob Moench and by
Delbert Frank Sr. and Ralph
Minnick
representing
the
Tribes. A luncheon followed
for the 24 people who attended
the ceremony.
Prior to the signing. Tribal
Council, tribal lawyers and
branch managers met and
approved the agreement. At
that time Tribal Council also
authorized formation of a
separate enterprise entitled the
Warm Springs Tribal Power
Enterprises. Members of Tribal
Council are the immediate
members of the power board
w ith D e lb e rt f r a n k as
chairman and Ralph Minnick
as secretary. The Tribal
Council, acting as the power
board, also approved the
contract.
The $30 million generating
project, the first federally
licensed power plant developed
by
an
Indian
tribe,
is
SIGNATURES REQUIRED—A long awaited moment came when the contract between Pacific
Power and Light Company and the Warm Springs Confederated Tribes was signed. The contract
required signatures from Tribal Council chairman Delbert Frank and acting general manager
Ralph Minnick. Senior vice-president of PP&L Bob Moench represented the power company.
scheduled for completion by
July I982. Pacific Power will
purchase the net output of the
project which could be as much
as 120 million kilowatt-hours
per year.
The original Pelton Dam
project was built in the late
Electric Company, half on
tribal land. The right to build a
plant at the reregulating dam
was reserved by the tribes at
that time.
The hydroelectric project
including a powerhouse and a
19,600 k ilo w a tt tu rb in e
1950s by Portland General generator will be added to the
COCC salmon bake, powwow
May 30
The Tenth Annual Salmon
Bake and Powwow sponsored
by the C e n tra l O regon
Community College Native
American Club is set for
Saturday, May 30, from noon
to 6 p.m. in the COCC
gymnasium.
A noon meal of baked
salmon, potatoes, corn, fried
bread and beverage costs $3.50
for adults and $1.50 for
c h ild r e n I 2-a n d - u n d e r ,
according to club president
Michelle Philips.
At 2 p.m. native dance
competition will be held in six
categories: boys and girls 12-
a nd-under, men's and women's
fancy and men's and women's
traditional. Trophies will be
awarded to winners.
The p u b lic w ill be
encouraged to join in group
dancing of the Owl, Rabbit,
Skip and Round dances.
A raffle of hand-made items
including a chess set and
leather goods will also be an
attraction.
These power purchases are
being made under terms of the
Public U tility R egulatory
Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978.
T he P U R P A re g u la tio n s
provide for a utility to purchase
power based upon the utility’s
so-called avoided costs—the
price the utility would likely
have to pay for power from its
next generating plant or
another source,
the tribe Moench emphasized
that energy was going- in the
direction of independently-
owned power plants with
c o n c e rn fo r a v a ila b le
renewable resources.
Nelson Wallulatum com
mented, “We gave up so much,
but with our remaining 10
million acres we have squeezed
everything we could out of
these little resources.” He
m entioned too, “ We are
looking now at wind power and
geo-thermal energy,” and with
humor in his voice said, “but no
Trojans.”
existing re-regulating dam
below Pelton Dam. It is located
adjacent to the Pacific Power
service area.
A three mile section of
Tribal Council chairman
69,000-volt transmission lin D elbert F rank, Sr. also
will be built to connect the new commented after the contract
pow erhouse w ith P acit ic signatures were affixed, “I feel
Power’s electric system at the real good about this.”
Tribal Education Committee
to host dinner June 2
The T rib a l E d u c a tio n
Committee is hosting a dinner
to honor all the students who
have completed their course of
study. The dinner will be held
on Tuesday June 2,6:30 p.m. at
the Agency Longhouse.
The guest speaker will be Dr.
Janice White Clemmer of
Brigham Young University. Dr
Clemmer is an enrolled tribal
member of Warm Springs, and
the first tribal member to
receive two PH D ’s.
According to Mr. Marlin
Riemer, the dinner is a chance
for the community to honor all
students who have completed
their study and this includes
students from colleges, high
school, G.E.D., and vocational
schools.
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TOTALLY UNFORGIVABLE
Passing loggers found three slain doe in the Tenino area about two weeks ago. Upon further
investigation, Oliver Kirk and Terry Luther discovered that two of the doe were pregnant, one with
triplets and the other with twins. None of the deer were butchered fo r meat, they were just shot and
left there. A ¡though no official deer herd counts have been made on the reservation, this type of out-
of-season, senseless killing must certainly not be doing the reservation herds any good. The assailants
killed eight deer with three murderous bullets, gpntffo
Spilyay Tymoo photo courtesy of Terry Luther